Milwaukee is about 1.4 times smaller than Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, while Milwaukee is approximately 249 sq km, making Milwaukee 71.6% the size of Philadelphia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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